Blog Love

Edna Marion taken from Here

I need to extend my thanks to Brianne Lee and Maya Lani, two of the loveliest ladies with two of the most wonderful blogs who have tagged me with blog awards!!! I'm always impressed by how sweet all of the girls are in this blogging community we all participate in, and would like to pass on this love specifically to the following girls:
Frances Baker; Charlotte Louise; Lady Melbourne ; Millie Motts ; Silver Wings ; Sweet Sassafrass ; Tulip Society ; Zombie Lace
(For the record, every blog in my blog roll is one I think is worth reading!)
Now for that tag...

The rules:
1. Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your own invention; add a question of your own.
2. Tag eight other un-tagged people.

What is your current obsession? Mismatched prints, My boyfriend coming home, Fleetwood Mac and Sunshine!

What are you wearing right now? some pajamas

Do you nap a lot? whenever my schedule allows it!

Who was the last person you hugged? my mum and dad

which animal would you be? a skunk

What’s for dinner? steak and potatoes

What was the last thing you bought? a perfect blue dress with white polka dots and a ruffly peter pan collar from what looks to be the 1930's.

What are you listening to right now? Fleetwood Mac, it's become an embarassing obsession

What is your favourite weather? Early autumn, apple picking season, when tights and cardigans first appear after a warm hot summer.

What’s your favorite game? Easter egg hunts!

Say something to the person/s who tagged you. Maya, I just discovered your blog, but it's lovely! and Thank you for the tag!

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? Oh wow, this one is kind of tough! I don't think I could move very far away from my family, so unless they got houses paid for as well, I would have to stay here. But right at the moment I'm thinking it would be nice to live in a little cottage-esque home somewhere in the romantic Southern US.

What is the last movie you watched? I'll Be Seeing You

A book you're currently reading? Nothing except a pile of school work for me!

What would you like to have in your hands right now? a cone of superkid ice cream

What is your favourite tea flavour? Irish Breakfast

What would you like to get rid of? My current inability to focus on important school work

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Italy to see Mike play his last show of their Euro Tour!

What did you want to become as a child? A teacher...it's what I'm working to becoming still!

What posters/pictures do you have on your bedroom wall? a lot of pictures of family and Mike...some postcards, a few magazine pages I particularly like....

Who would you bring back from the dead to hang out with for an hour if you could? My Grampa (either one of them)

Boaters and Gingham and Plaid! Oh My!

From Top Left to Bottom Right: Ali Michael in Issue 7 of Lula; Alix from the Cherry Blossom Girl; Anne of Green Gables; picture from an online store I lost the link to when all my bookmarks got deleted ; Marc Jacobs; The always inspring Effie from The Snail and the Cyclops; Mary Pickford and a perfectly handsome boater toting gentleman; inspiration for the outfit below from Teen Vogue, scan thanks to the Fashion Spot; Rudyard Kipling looking perfectly English; (behind): men carrying a stack of boaters found via Corbis; Alexa Chung wearing a mini version of the boater for New Look found here. From the universally adored Lover SS09 collection.

I think it's safe to say there is no lack of inspiration when it comes to the boater hat trend which seems to be taking over the world - or at least the world of vintage fashion bloggers!
I have seen pictures popping up all over my favourite blogs, Flickr accounts, magazines...the list goes on...
It goes without saying, that all of this boater hype has left me with an increasing desire to wear mine out of the house! Well, it just so happens that yesterday was one of the warmest days we've had yet (I keep saying that! That's a good sign!) and I finally decided to dust off the box labeled "Summer Clothes" in my storage room and see what treasures I would find!

It felt a little bit like fate when I opened up the box and saw, lying right on the top, a wonderful green and white gingham print skirt with buttons up the side, and an old plaid blouse I bought sometime when I was in high school! Visions of Teen Vogue editorials raced through my head and I got incredibly excited about pairing the two patterns together with my boater hat just like in the magazine spread!
I realize I'm probably playing the whole thing up a little...the gingham print on the skirt is so tiny you can barely tell it's a print at all, and the patterns don't clash quite as beautifully as they do in the editorial, but I felt giddy about my inspired outfit none the less!!!

I have two more boater hats that I found on some of my thrift store adventures recently, and will be putting them up in the store this weekend! So if you're still on the hunt for one, stop by and check it out!!

Have the loveliest weekend! For the first time in a long time, I'm actually wishing mine will fly by so Monday can come quickly and I can hold my bearded beauty of a man in my arms again!!!

To a Room with some Lace and some Paperflowers

Top: from the Brooklyn Flea
Skirt: was a dress from 1385 on Etsy that I had to alter because it didn't fit right as a dress.
shoes: naturalizer
hat: vintage from the St-Michel flea market

Today was the first really and truly beautiful day we have had in Montreal. Temperatures in the positive degrees (keep in mind, we measure things in Celsius here), and the sun was shining! I went outside in the backyard in nothing but this teeshirt and was pleased to note that I didn't shiver once!
A light spring jacket was all I needed to add when I head out for the loveliest dinner date I've had in a while, with Mike's wonderful mother, which was followed by the two best hours of my entire life!
Fleetwood Mac have been one of my favourite bands for as long as I can remember, I've always felt Stevie Nicks' voice was one of the most haunting out there, but seeing them live, playing all their classics, exceeded all my expectations! Every song was better than the last, and when they played Go Your Own Way I actually almost cried. The two other friends I had at the show agreed unanimously with my ravings!
Stevie Nicks was also looking beautiful in her usual hippy-ish dresses and long blonde hair! She made me want to wear a floral headdress and dance around in some grass or something! You should definitely look into seeing them live if they are touring your way!

Listening to: Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac

The ones that got away

I found these three gems on e-bay this evening with only 14 minutes to go in the auction and zero bids! I checked the measurements figuring it was too good to be true, and each and every single one of them was EXACTLY my size! I squealed as I placed my bid, imagining myself skipping about town in them this spring....but was stopped in my tracks when I found out that this seller doesn't ship to Canada. Now I extend the question to all you online sellers...what would make you not want to ship to places outside your country? If the buyer pays the shipping, and it takes the same amount of energy to run to the post office whether you're shipping to an address two streets down or across the ocean, what is it that makes some sellers reluctant to ship internationally?
I contacted her asking if she would be willing to make an exception (seeing as I was the only bidder anyway) but all she wrote back was "sorry"....
I'm no online expert, but it seems to me you can afford to write a little bit more than that to the only person who has even offered to buy these items from you!
Am I being dramatic? I guess I'm just disappointed that these perfectly fitted, perfectly priced, beautiful dresses won't be arriving at my doorstep afterall, and my aforementioned dreams of sporting them about town have been crushed!

In an attempt to console my sad sad soul, I browsed Modcloth for a little while, and found this gingham print, 50's inspired beauty...but I just don't feel the same about it...
sigh...

on another note, I realize I do way too much reminiscing about my trip to Paris last November, but today Mike's band is there exploring the city and the emails I've been receiving have made me incredibly nostalgic for the smell of fresh baked bread in the morning and that exhausted feeling I got at the end of a 12 hour day spent walking around the beautiful city!

Have a lovely Wednesday! I'll be seeing Fleetwood Mac with Mike's mom!!

It was such a lovely evening tonight, that after my perogie dinner, I decided to take Lola out for a walk. I brought my camera and tripod along, because the lighting outside was so pretty it made me want to cry! I was so nervous to set it up in case people saw me, but then I heard my own thoughts and realized how silly I was being!
Don't let the photos fool you, the weather in Montreal isn't cardigan weather yet! But the big bulky coat I was wearing wouldn't have been very pretty in the picture!
I can't wait for Mike to get back so he and I can get back to our weekly excursions to find pretty spots around the city!

Listening to: Billie Holiday - Ain't Nobody's Business if I do!

I'll be Seeing... Housewives!

I had a bit of a "senior moment" this weekend when I went to put on my new Zip movie, I'll be Seeing You, and realized I had already seen it!
Luckily it is a great film and was not hard to watch through again! Shirley Temple plays the absolute best angsty teenager I've seen, and its a nice change to see Ginger Rogers in a bit of a more serious role!
I was hoping to do a post on how WONDERFUL Shirley Temple's wardrobe is throughout the film, with an emphasis on the absolutely drool worthy black and white striped dress she wears towards the end of the movie...but I'm just not a very ressourceful person when it comes to finding things on the internet...so instead of pictures, I've posted the scene she wears it in...along with the scene from the New Years eve dance when Ginger Rogers' character wears the most fantastic evening gown!
If you haven't watched it, rent it! Or watch it on youtube! It's really an old heart breaker!

DISCLAIMER: if you haven't seen the movie, and you don't want the ending ruined, DON'T watch the first scene...it gives too much away!

On another note, the lady behind Housewifery has inspired me to try and find my own copy of The Nancy Taylor course books! She managed to get her hands on a copy and seems awfully pleased with it's contents! There is a set of scans from the book here, if you want an idea of what's inside. Basically they are textbooks from a very popular finishing school in the states, and they cover just about all the basics of housewivery, and being a lady! I'm sure some of the hair and makeup tips would be wonderful to try! If anyone knows where I can get my hands on one, let me know!

Yound at Heart

About a year or so ago, maybe a little more..my Mom and I went to see Young At Heart in theatres. I have always had a soft spot for the elderly, even as a kid I volunteered to go help out in nursing homes and thought my Grandparents were the most interesting people in the world. Well my affection for them has only grown with age, and this film really only intensified it!
I look to blogs like Advanced Style for fashion inspiration from the old folks, but when it comes to real life inspiration, this movie does the trick!!

If you haven't heard of it, look into it, and if you've been reluctant to see it, go rent it and watch it!

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

Straw boater found at Goodwill; Sunglasses from U.O.; She & Him album

I was about to start this post by ranting about how long and busy this week has been, but I've decided to stay positive! So, while I scramble to come up with some kind of a thesis about desire in Twelfth Night, I'll leave you with a few of my favourite things...

The postcard I received in the mail from my man who is touring Europe with his band!

Skirt & straw boater from Goodwill

Russh Spring 2009

And in the spirit of staying positive...this upcoming week is filled with things to look forward to! This Sunday I'll be spending some long overdue time with some old friends at the St-Partick's day parade, Wednesday is my date with Mike's mom to see Fleetwood Mac, and next Monday is when Mike himself gets back!
Tonight, my sister is coming over and she and I will be watching my Zip.ca movie I'll be Seeing You, with a good bowl of popcorn and a mug of hot chocolate.
I hope you have an equally enchanting Friday evening!

More found photos

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After hearing so much about those color photos put out by the Library of Congress, depicting scenes from the 1930's and 40's, I finally decided to go have a look for myself at the set. They certainly did not disappoint! I never knew such vivid colors even existed in photography that far back! I was going to select some of my favourites and post them here, but instead I think I'll just leave you with the link; if you have not already seen these photos, it's more than worth it to take the time out of your day to do so, whether you were previously interested in the period or not, they are beautifully taken and really do manage to capture some pretty breath taking scenes!

For those of you who have already sifted through the entire set a few times and want some new viewing material...here are some more of the photos I found last night while digging around in old family albums...

My maternal Grandmother's parents and three of her siblings.

This is a picture of the house built, in 1667, by the very first member of our family to come here from France. This picture was taken by my Grandmother in 1985 when she went to visit it. She isn't sure if it's still standing, but I'm hoping to drive out to Ile D'Orleans this summer with my sister to check it out!

These were my Grandmother's parents!

And these were my Grandfather's parents!

And finally, the oldest of all these photos...these are my maternal Grandmother's, maternal Grandparents...so my great, great grandparents!

I love looking at pictures of people from generations past, but sometimes I get so caught up in admiring the way they dressed or wore their hair, I forget that they were real people!
But when the people in the pictures are people I'm related to it makes the reality in the photos stand out a lot more!
Although, I still can't help but envy the Gibson Girl style hair my Great Grandmother is sporting in that third photo!!!

Doris Lambert circa 1960-70

My mom circa 1975

I haven't given up on the aforementioned post about my Grandmaman, but I won't be able to scan in all her photos until I can make it to her place and borrow her old albums. I think on Wednesday I might make my way over there...in the meantime, I got to wondering about the kinds of things my mom wore when she was young....

Thats my Mom and her first boyfriend, Jacques, and behind them are my grandparents! This was probably taken in the late 60's when she started high school...

That's my mom in the middle with the wonderful 1970's trench coat and super flared, wide leg trousers!

I wound up going through about 25 old family albums my parents have lying around and picking out some of my favourites! As I've mentioned here before, the 60's, 70's and 80's aren't my absolute favourite decades fashion wise, but they do have some very lovely things to offer, some of which, it appears, my Mom sported on the regular!

In this one, my mom is on the right, the girl to the far left is her best friend Colleen and her sister, Rhonda is in the middle...

On a somewhat unrelated note, the reason I even came home to my parents house tonight was to pick up the bin full of dresses I have posted, or will be posting to the store...why?
Because I made my first sale!
I'm not quite sure yet if it's normal that I'm this excited! Can any of you other online sellers remember how you felt after selling your first item?
I've put together a whole package complete with a note and wrapping paper and ribbons!
Am I being too keen?

Mais C'est Le Printemps!

Details:
Blouse: thrifted
Tights: Hue
Shoes: thrifted
Jumper: Grandmaman Lambert
Outfit photos taken by Isa; the landscape shot is of the town my parents live in...I took it from the car

My Grandmother is one of my biggest inspirations, both fashion wise and as a person; I'm actually working on borrowing some of my favourite photos of her to scan and post here...in the mean time here is one of the hundreds of wonderful items she has made me over the years!
I love the feeling of finding a thrifted piece of clothing because you know it's more or less one of a kind and special, but wearing something your Grandmother hand crafted specifically for you is the absolute best feeling in the world! I am so lucky to have such a wonderful lady to look up to! If I can get my hands on those pictures - and my parent's scanner - you can be expecting a special post dedicated entirely to her!

Listening to:

Which I'm dedicating to Stef because it made me have a flashback to sec 1 in geography class when we had a sub and her, Shauna, Liane and I sat in the back of the class by the window and talked about having "spring fever" and how cute our crushes were! I think there was a spring dance that night, and we were all really excited to see who would slow dance with who.
This is our 10th Spring as friends, and she's still nothing but the best!

New finds

Yesterday, I mentioned a successful thrifting date with my sister at a local church run, donation bank...here are a few of the wonderful items I scored for pennies!
The blue dress on the left was actually a miraculous find, considering just a few days earlier I had found a picture of my mom on my baptism wearing one just like it but in pink, and told myself it was a style I'd have to be on the lookout for! I never thought I'd find a perfect replica in under a week!
The pink, floral one in the middle was actually one I found at value village in the juniors section on the big 50% off day sale!
And the sort of crocheted, blue, flapper-y dress on the right seems just about perfect for the wedding Mike and I were invited to this July! I can't wait to pair it with the highest of heels, a long string of pears and a little fascinator with some kind of netting on it!
This was the coat I found for 6$! The lady told me that the collar is bison fur, and the big round buttons are covered in fabric just like the one the coat is made of. I'm thinking about trying to sell it since I already have too many coats to even fit in my closet...my collection has taken on a life of its own and I think I need to put a stop to it before it outgrows the amount of room I have to store them!
The white stripey blouse came at the perfect time because today was the first really beautiful spring day we've had in Montreal! I paired it with a denim tulip style skirt my Grandma made me and some white tights and was even able to wear shoes instead of boots! It really did help in lifting my spirits a little! Driving around the city today with Isabel reminded me how lovely Montreal is in the summer, when people gather on terrasses and bike around town to meet friends at park's for picnics!
The bathing suit bottom on the right is from H&M. I saw this bikini featured on someone's blog a while ago and had trouble finding an H&M around here that even sold swimwear...When I saw Kristina sporting the top at Jordan's cottage last weekend I decided it was my mission to find and buy it! And find and buy it I did! Today! I have the top too, I just didn't have enough clothes pins to hang it on the clothes line and didn't feel like digging around to find more!

I'm sure now that the weather is nice I'll have plenty more energy to get out there and take pictures for this blog and it'll get a little bit more interesting than the stressed out, Debbie downer posts you've been reading recently!
Happy Sunday!!

Wearing shoes outdoors!

I can't say the weather here has qualified as "spring weather" yet, it's definitely gotten warmer though, and the fact that I was able to wear shoes out with my winter coat yesterday was a welcome change!
The sun was so inviting that I decided to walk Lola over to Isabel's work and meet her for lunch. Although the sun was beautiful, and a refreshing change from the grey winter we've had, the winds were icy cold and it didn't take too long before I had to head back home to make tea and curl up in a blanket.
I was glad that the thrift store I was meeting my sister at was far enough away for me to justify driving there, and was even happier that I had taken Mike's car when I saw how much wonderful stuff they had!
I managed to score the most beautiful 1920's style, coffee colored winter coat with an amazing fur collar for 6$!!! And got off with about 100$ worth of other beautiful items for under 20$!
It was a successful trip to say the least, and I'll definitely be making it back to that spot on a regular basis!
I'll post some of the gems I found, tomorrow, when I have time snap their pictures...

Have a lovely weekend!

Familiar Feeling

Photo from here

I've done it again! Left all my work to the last minute and now it feels almost impossible to get done! Am I the only person who isn't learning from this mistake?
Now I'm right back where I was earlier this year when all I wanted to do was buy myself a teeny tiny cabin in a field somewhere and spend all my days sitting in the sun plucking at a banjo and knitting my little heart out.

Listening to: The Be Good Tanyas

1960's inspiration

Vintage Vogue Cover found here

I used to have a strange, unjustified hatred for the 1960's. Maybe because I associated it a little too much with the whole flower power, groovy baby, austin powers stuff, or maybe I just never really gave the decade a chance. Either way, after a few hours of browsing through Flickr groups devoted to the decade, I've found myself falling in love with the bright colored opaque tights, the big circular buttons and earrings, the three quarter length sleeves and mini dresses worn with short, stacked heels which seem comfortable and easy to gallavant about the city in....

From Left to Right: Francoise Hardy found here; Zooey Deschanel found here; Effie of The Snail and the Cyclops

Modern girls like Zooey, Rhiannon and Effie who wear the clothes so well make me want to go out on a thrift hunt right now.....and 60's stars like Twiggy, Francoise Hardy, Jane Birkin and Catherine Deneuve are only fueling the fire!

From Left to Right: Rhiannon of LiebeMarlene; Photo of a John Bates design found here; Twiggy found here

I think I'll add some movies from the decade to my Zip list this week, does anyone have any particularly good ones to suggest?

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward of the musical duo She & Him

I'll be on a hunt for shiny fabrics, bright-primary colors, opaque tights, knee socks, mini dresses, 1960's pumps and thin belts to wear right below my bustline for the next little while!
I haven't given up on my love for 1970's blouses, chambray everything, edwardian ruffles & lace and 1920's drop waist dresses...I'm just gonna throw a little flower power into the mix! Who knows, maybe I'll manage to pull it off!

Tangents and Birthdays

This post will probably be the farthest I've strayed from the general direction my blog has taken...
For one, I'd like to shout out to Lola who is turning 2 years old today! That's 14 in dog years and she's growing up to be such a lovely young woman!
Happy Birthday Lola...
The second, more off course portion of this blog post is something that actually made me laugh out loud at work;

This is an actual letter from an Austin woman sent to American company Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets rolling after the first paragraph. It’s PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best webmail-award-winning letter:

Dear Mr.. Thatcher,

I have been a loyal user of your ‘Always’ maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I’d probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I’d certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can’t tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there’s a little F-16 in my pants.

Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? I’m guessing you haven’t. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I’ll be transformed into what my husband likes to call ‘an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.’ Isn’t the human body amazing?

As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you’ve no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customer’s monthly visits from ‘Aunt Flo.’ Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it’s a tough time for most women.

The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants… Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: ‘Have a Happy Period.’

Are you fucking kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you’re some kind of sick S&M freak, there will never be anything ‘happy’ about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don’t march down to the local Walgreen’s armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.

For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn’t it make more sense to say something that’s actually pertinent, like ‘Put down the Hammer’ or ‘Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong.’

Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bullshit. And that’s a promise I will keep.

Always….

Best,
Wendi Aarons
Austin , TX

A year ago

Yesterday morning I wore my Betsey Johnson perfume for the first time since last Summer and the smell of it shot me right down memory lane!
Songs I had forgotten about started to get stuck in my head, memories I had stored far far away in the little filing cabinet in my brain began resurfacing and I suddenly was overcome with a feeling of nostalgia for those early summer morning walks to work, and the late night bike rides across the city to Kristina's house...
It's strange how a song you haven't heard in a while, or a smell you haven't smelled in a long time can bring back things you thought were long forgotten!
Mind you, some things about last Spring and Summer are things I was glad to forget...other things are things I miss so much right now!
I looked around in my picture folders to try and find some photos to post, but realized I didn't do much documenting of my spring and summer activities last year...except for a whole bunch from my trip to NYC with Mike, and our anniversary camping trip, which you have all seen in all of my "ode to Mike Niro" posts...

So I dug around in my old tagged photos on facebook to try and figure out just what it is I was up to this time last year....
here is what I came across....






This last one is actually from the summer before last, but i just can't believe how different my hair was!!!!

On another, not entirely unrelated note, I was looking through old blog posts during my quest to turn up old soils, and realized that I have already been posting for over a year! I had great expectations of posting some kind of celebratory one year anniversary blog post...but I missed it entirely! It was in January!! So this nostalgic post will have to serve as my anniversary post as well!
Have a lovely Monday! Hope everyone else is coping with that one stupid lost hour of sleep better than I am!

Bee & Bee

If you haven't already been reading it, go check out this blog as soon as you get the chance! The lovely Copperseal has teamed up with one of her friends to create Bee & Bee, a positively lovely Etsy shop filled with beautiful prints of photos she has masterfully taken, and they are incredibly well priced as well!

I've already got my eye on a couple, and were it not for the fact that I must remain at my utmost frugal these days in preparation for my upcoming trip with Mike, I would already have a couple of them hanging in my room!

While you're there, take the time to check our their Treasury for other wonderful items! They have the greatest taste and most inspiring selection of etsy finds!

My Man's Old Fashioned, but he Ain't Outta Date!

So Mike left on Monday, and since then, I've been finding random post it notes hidden in my room with super sweet messages on them. He has never left on tour without planning some sweet surprise like that and I swear to God it melts my little heart every time!
I hate to gush about my relationship here on this blog, but some days I just can't believe how lucky I am! He's off exploring castles in Slovenia with his 4 best friends in the whole world and I'm sending him all my best thoughts! If anyone has suggestions of sweet things I can do for him from a distance please send them to me!! I'm usually fairly imaginative when it comes to thoughtful surprises, but it feels like this month the sea of essays, proposals and annotated bibliographies I'm floating around in has got the creative side of my brain all tied up!

The title of this post was a lyric of a song I heard on that McGill radio station this morning...but I didn't catch the name of it. It was kinda country-ish and sung by a girl with a pretty squeaky voice....any ideas?

Repeating myself

After all this time, I'm still not over that video Charlotte Ronson put out to promote her Spring 2008 line. I'm not sure if it's the adorable little white cottage, the fact that everything is bathed in sunlight or the way Annabelle Jones makes everything she wears look absolutely perfect, or maybe it's the fact that they used one my favourite Carla Bruni songs...but whatever the reason, this video makes me happy!



Tonight I am reacquainting myself with my old friend the tread-mill, and I'm almost nervous.
I have only been to the gym once since Christmas....I know I know, after all that talk of New Years Resolutions and sticking to 'em!
But there's no time like the present..and it's never too late...and better late than never and all that stuff!
I'm charging my i-pod (thanks Stef!) and packing a little gym bag with water, a towel, a book and some sneakers...
I'll report back tomorrow with a detailed, whiny description of how much pain I'm in, I'm sure!

Have a lovely Thursday!

Built by Wendy

I usually spare myself the agony of browsing designer websites, especially the ones that are kind of within my reach, but not within my price range...Built by Wendy is one of my favourites, up there with APC and Lover, and now Lyell thanks to Sally Jane Vintage...but I made an exception yesterday, upon Brianne Lee's suggestion, I went shopping on the Built by Wendy online Sample Sale (that ends today!) and would have spent about 300$ if I had it!
The number of wonderful 70's blouses with layers, frills and cowl necks was unreal! And some of them are only 10$!!!!
I ended up buying three of them....well, assuming my credit card goes through. These days thats a gamble...but anyway, they are lovely items and I can't wait to try them on with some shorts and sandals..or maybe shorts, tights and little ankle boots, which is a more realistic ambition!
Go check it out before the end of the day!

recent day dreams

In my most recent procrastination endeavors, I came across these lovely photos of other people's homes who make me want to change mine around!